king cobra

noun

A large venomous snake found in East Asia (Ophiophagus hannah), the longest venomous snake in the world.

Similar
hamadryadOphiophagus hannahNaja hannah

Meanings

nounking cobra (plural king cobras)

plural king cobras

  1. A large venomous snake found in East Asia (Ophiophagus hannah), the longest venomous snake in the world.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounlarge cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja

Similar
hamadryadOphiophagus hannahNaja hannah
Broader
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Basque errege-kobra
  • errege-kobraOphiophagus hannah
Bengali শঙ্খচূড়
  • শঙ্খচূড় (śoṅkhocuṛ)Ophiophagus hannah
Bulgarian кралска кобра
  • кралска кобра (kralska kobra)Ophiophagus hannah
Catalan cobra reial
  • cobra reialOphiophagus hannah
Chinese Mandarin 眼鏡王蛇 /眼镜王蛇
  • 眼鏡王蛇 /眼镜王蛇 (yǎnjìng wángshé)Ophiophagus hannah
Danish kongekobra
  • kongekobraOphiophagus hannah
Dutch koningscobra
  • koningscobraOphiophagus hannah
Estonian kuningkobra
  • kuningkobraOphiophagus hannah
Finnish kuningaskobra
  • kuningaskobraOphiophagus hannah
French cobra royal
  • cobra royalOphiophagus hannah
German Königskobra
  • KönigskobraOphiophagus hannah
Hungarian királykobra
  • királykobraOphiophagus hannah
Indonesian ular anang
  • ular anangOphiophagus hannah
Irish rí-chobra
  • rí-chobraOphiophagus hannah
Italian cobra reale
  • cobra realeOphiophagus hannah
Korean 킹코브라
  • 킹코브라 (kingkobeura)Ophiophagus hannah
Norwegian kongekobra
  • kongekobraOphiophagus hannah
Polish kobra królewska
  • kobra królewskaOphiophagus hannah
Portuguese cobra-real
  • cobra-realOphiophagus hannah
Russian короле́вская ко́бра
  • короле́вская ко́бра (korolévskaja kóbra)Ophiophagus hannah
Spanish cobra real
  • cobra realOphiophagus hannah
Swedish kungskobra
  • kungskobraOphiophagus hannah
Thai จงอาง
  • จงอาง (jong-aang)Ophiophagus hannah
Turkish kral kobra
  • kral kobraOphiophagus hannah
Ukrainian королі́вська ко́бра
  • королі́вська ко́бра (korolívsʹka kóbra)Ophiophagus hannah
Vietnamese hổ mang chúa, rắn hổ mang chúa
  • hổ mang chúaOphiophagus hannah
  • rắn hổ mang chúaOphiophagus hannah
Cite this entry
APA

king cobra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/king%20cobra

MLA

“king cobra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/king%20cobra. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “king cobra,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/king%20cobra.

Source: king cobra on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.